A collection of short stories by some of the best writers in the fantasy field. Many of the authors used this collection to write pieces about their ongoing series characters. For example, Orson Scott Card's contribution is a previously unpublished story in his popular "Alvin Maker" series.
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964. This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria ...
A collection of original short novels by Robert Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tad Williams, and Terry Pratchett returns each author to his own special fantasy world for a new and illuminating story.
In 1941 Asimov published "Nightfall" as a short story. Now this book continues the plot by explaining what happened to the society when the four suns went into eclipse and how the scientists attempt to restore order by joining with The Apostles of Flame.
This quintessential science fantasy blends magic, prophetic dreams, and a heroic quest with high technology and alien civilizations. The planet of Majipoor, teeming with billions of humans and aliens, is ruled by a senior king, the Pontifex Tyerveras, and a junior king, the Coronal Lord Valentine. As the Pontifex is practically comatose, the black ...
This anthology gathers all-new short novels by 11 major fantasy authors writing in their bestselling universes, from Diana Gabaldon to Neil Gaiman to Terry Brooks.
There is tension among the ruling class as The Pontifex--ruler of the world of Majipoor--lies on his deathbed. The Coronal Lord Confalume is set to succeed The Pontifex, but no one has been named as The Coronal's successor. In defiance of tradition that he cannot succeed his father, The Coronal's ambitious son, Korsibar, seizes power, thereby ...
Based on an Asimov short story, "The Bicentennial Man". When NDR 113 came off the assembly lines of the United States Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation it was no more than a positronic brain cased encased in a more-or-less humanoid-looking housing. But NDR 113 was no ordinary robot.
David Selig was born with an awesome power, the ability to look deep into the human heart and to probe the darkest truths hidden in the recesses of the soul. With reckless abandon, he used this talent in the pursuit of pleasure. Then, one day, his power began to die.
Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter ...
This second of two volumes of short novels by the masters of modern fantasy includes works by Terry Brooks, George R.R. Martin, Diana Galbadon, Orson Scott Card, and Elizabeth Haydon.
The reader of earlier Majipoor books will thrill to this title: the Prestimion trilogy is set many years before the Valentine books, and the King of Dreams is an established, terrifying figure in those. Now eponymous, this is the story of his origins. Fifteen years have elapsed since the events recounted in Lord Prestimion. Prestimion has become ...
The second book in the magnificent Majipoor Cycle, the bestselling saga conceived on a truly epic scale. The extraordinary story continues in this volume of the bestselling Majipoor Cycle that began with Lord Valentine's Castle. By night he dreams of imminent dangers that threaten peaceful Majipoor. By day Lord Valentine rules a world fragile in ...
Urbmon is a 1000 storey building designed as the answer to the population problem in the 24th-century. The population of this structure is over 800,000 and affording one's neighbour any type of sexual fulfilment is the community ethos. The author's other books include "Dying Inside".
The extraordinary story continues in this volume of the bestselling Majipoor Chronicles, begun in Lord Valentine's Castle. Now dark dreams disturb Lord Valentine's sleep, a forewarning of the danger that threatens the peace of Majipoor. The Shapeshifters have set in motion a terrifying plan to regain their stolen world.
Majipoor Chronicles takes us further into Majipoor with a collection of stories covering thousands of years of the world's history. The bestselling fantasy saga that began with Lord Valentine's Castle and continued with Valentine Pontifex continues in Majipoor Chronicles as the young street urchin Hissune gets his due for helping Lord Valentine ...
'Silverberg's brisk clear style ...should be appreciated by the reader ...He has provided a brief, attention-getting narrative of the history of a region often [overlooked]' - "Choice". 'A very good popular history, excellently written' - "Library Review". The peaceable Pueblo Indians seemed an unlikely people to rise emphatically and successfully ...
Describes the findings of Smithsonian Institution scientists and other investigators regarding the Adena, Hopewell, and Temple Mound Peoples--the Mound Builders
Now in paperback--the first of two volumes celebrating the best in modern fantasy in which bestselling writers return to the fantasy universes they made famous. Includes short novels by Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Tad Williams, Robin Hobb, Robert Silverberg, and Raymond E. Feist.
The bestselling science fantasy saga that began with Lord Valentine's Castle continues in Majipoor Chronicles, as the young street urchin Hissune gets his due for helping Lord Valentine regain his throne. As a reward, he is sent into the depths of the Labyrinth where he relives the lives of Majipoor's most famous and notorious inhabitants.
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two a: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
